The maternal physician : a treatise on the nurture and management of infants, from the birth until two years old being the result of sixteen years' experience in the nursery. Illustrated by extracts from the most approved medical authors / By an American matron.

  • Tyler, Mary Palmer, 1775-1866.
Date:
1818
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Credit: The maternal physician : a treatise on the nurture and management of infants, from the birth until two years old being the result of sixteen years' experience in the nursery. Illustrated by extracts from the most approved medical authors / By an American matron. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sweet Flagroot. Tuis is an elegant aromatic, and is found in abundance in low marshy grounds. It is a powerful carminative for infants, and is. said to prove stimulating to people of all ages, occasioning agreeable sensations in the mind. The candied root is sufficiently agreeable, and highly esteemed as an antiseptic, and used to prevent contagion when epidemic diseases are peer Gold Thread. ’ Turs is a small vine which runs on the ground in moist woody lands in America. The voot, which is the part used for medicinal purposes, spreads itself just below the surface of the earth, from whence it is easily drawn by handsful, and resembles a large entangled skein of thread of a bright gold colour, from whence it derives its name. It is a fine astrin- gent bitter. The Indians use it for canker in